voldemort.serialization
Interface Serializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object that is mapped by this serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AvroGenericSerializer, AvroReflectiveSerializer, AvroSpecificSerializer, AvroVersionedGenericSerializer, ByteArraySerializer, IdentitySerializer, JsonTypeSerializer, ObjectSerializer, ProtoBufSerializer, SlopSerializer, StringSerializer, ThriftSerializer, VersionedSerializer

public interface Serializer<T>

Map objects to byte arrays and back again

Method Summary

byte[]	toBytes(T object) Construct an array of bytes from the given object
T	toObject(byte[] bytes) Create an object from an array of bytes

Method Detail

toBytes

byte[] toBytes(T object)

Construct an array of bytes from the given object

Parameters:

object - The object

Returns:

The bytes taken from the object

toObject

T toObject(byte[] bytes)

Create an object from an array of bytes

Parameters:

bytes - An array of bytes with the objects data

Returns:

A java object serialzed from the bytes